rayce

If you don't receive my swap or think it doesn't meet the swap requirements, please contact me before rating. I will never flake on sending and I am big on communication. One of my goals is to try and keep a perfect 5 rating and I work hard to do this. Please don't punish me because something might be lost or damaged in the mail and just needs to be resent. That is completely out of my control.

I always rate the minute I receive anything from a swap. Please do the same for me. Not because I am anxious to get the rating but so that I know it arrived safely.

If my swap ever arrives with postage due, please send me a message and I will mail you stamps to apologize for my mistake.

I am in my late 40s and live North of Dallas, TX. Born in Oklahoma but moved to Seattle, WA in 2000. Lived there until 2013 and now living with my husband, my disabled adult daughter and her boyfriend in TX.

I like to stay busy. My husband and I are gamers. I stream 3-5 days a week on twitch (3-6 hours each time) on top of my full time job. I often stream making my swaps on my channel. I go on road trips regularly, hang out with friends and host game nights.

I'll sleep/rest when I'm old and I'm not old yet.

1/6/22 - For a few years I lost my inspiration as my mother's health declined and we lost her March of 2021. As life has calmed down I have found the inspiration to create art again so I'm back (though keeping the swaps to a minimum so I don't get overwhelmed)! I look forward to making art and receiving art from you all

I like to knit though I'm not able to do anything fancy. I mostly knit scarfs for friends and blankets for friends having babies.

I like to do paper crafts like pen pal letters and journals. I love the slow process of writing neatly in cursive. It is calming.

While living in Seattle I got involved in photography. It was a big focus as an art for me for many years but as digital has taken over film, I've found myself losing interest. As a single mother, I simply couldn't afford to do it anymore so I stopped. I do have many years of work that I often print out in little wallet size prints and mail to pen pals.

I like to draw. My favorite is celtic knotwork but not limited to that. A new fun night out I have started doing once a month is pottery painting with my friends.

Some of my Craft Art:

Some of my Photography:

• Pretty paper
• Stickers
• Washi tape
• Hand crafted items
• Vintage
• Antique items including old photographs and post cards
• Autumn
• Halloween
• Winter
• Gothic themed things
• Art
• Anything history based
• Stamps
• Inks
• Teas - I like green,oolong and black teas for caffeinated teas and for non-caffeine I like floral type teas with a natural sweetness.
• If you are sending me a state/country postcard, I prefer 4 X 6 cards so I can put them in an album
  

• I am a recovering alcoholic so please nothing alcohol themed
• Perfumes or other strong smells
• Religious or political themed items
• Advertisements
• No dragonflies please. I have a strong negative association with them.
• Read down further for PC dislikes
  

• I collect unique jewelry. I like things that look unusual or antique. One of my favorite things to do is go to thrift stores and dig through the jewelry. (My ears are not pierced so please do not send me earrings)

• I love to decorate for all of the seasons and holidays so I collect holiday and seasonal decorations.

• I collect stickers and crafting paper

• Magnets - But please no state magnets. I only collect magnets from the states that I have visited with my husband.

• I have started collecting stamps (on the envelope with postage markings). So if you have a pretty stamp to stick on the swap, I would love that :D. I cut them out and plan to do a postage journal with pages covered in postage I've received.

• Astroneer
• Don't Starve
• Skyrim
• Dragon Age
• Valheim
• The Long Dark
• Minecraft
• Sims 4
• Dead by Daylight
• Elder Scrolls Online

Dislikes:

• State or country postcards with nothing written on them in an envelope.
• State or country postcards for a state or country that you do not live in. Such as sending me a postcard from Italy when you live in Utah.
• Postcards that are not work appropriate. I have all my swaps sent to my work address.
• I am a recovering alcoholic so please nothing alcohol themed

Likes:

I love everything minus what I wrote as a dislike above. I prefer my postcards sent naked and stamped (unless the swap says otherwise).